FTC SAYS Talk to your health professional FIRST

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WATCH:This video is from the company iV Bars Incorporated and iV Bars. The FTC filed a complaint case against them after the company offered customers the chance to sample its “intravenous cocktails” for $100 or more a pop, while also promoting these cocktails could treat diseases like cancer, congestive heart failure, multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

(FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION) – We’ve warned people for years not to trust the wild health claims that some companies make about their pills, powders and potions.

Call us old fashioned, but we almost fell off our stool when we heard about a company that ginned up some health claims for “cocktails” that go through the arm and not down the hatch.

What are we talking about? We know you’re on pins and needles, so let’s get to it.

The FTC just announced a case against a company, doing business as iV Bars, that offered customers the chance to sample its “intravenous cocktails” for $100 or more a pop.

According to the complaint, the company said — without adequate proof – that some of these cocktails could treat diseases like cancer, congestive heart failure, multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

The company even said its cocktails were sometimes more effective than conventional medical treatments. What’s more, the company claimed that the health benefits were backed by science and that it ran something called the “iV Bars Research Labs.”

No they weren’t and no it didn’t, says the FTC.

No science and no labs were behind those bars, even though the company’s website used pictures of people in white lab coats looking at test tubes and through microscopes.

The complaint also notes that taking these iV treatments comes with safety risks and possible side effects.

The FTC just announced a case against a company, doing business as iV Bars, that offered customers the chance to sample its “intravenous cocktails” for $100 or more a pop.